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Maiara Kylior Walsh (born February 18, 1988)[1] is a Brazilian American actress and singer. She played Ana Solis on the sixth season of the ABC show Desperate Housewives, Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House and Simone Sinclair on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth.

Personal life[edit]

Walsh was born in Seattle, Washington,[1] to a Brazilian mother and an American father of Irish, German, and Swedish descent.[2] Walsh and her family moved to S?o Paulo, Brazil when she was two years old.[3] At 11, she moved to Simi Valley, California to pursue her acting career.[4]

Career[edit]

In the fall of 2010, she guest-starred on CW's The Vampire Diaries as Sarah. In Atlanta, Walsh then filmed Mean Girls 2 as Mandi Weatherly, an A-list clique girl. Walsh was also on the Dr. Phil Show.

Walsh was the female lead in the television series Zombieland as Wichita, taking over the role from Emma Stone.[5] After the pilot episode, the series was not picked up.

Walsh had a recurring part starting in 2013 as Simone Sinclair, a former friend of Bay Kennish, a one-night stand with Emmett Bledsoe, friend / ex-girlfriend of Toby Kennish, and ex-girlfriend of Wilkie, in Switched at Birth.[6]